President Paul Kruger died on 14 July 1904 in Clarens, Switzerland at the age of 78.
He received no ‘official’ education and his family were part of the Great Trek. He was first elected President of the Transvaal Republic / ZAR on 9 May 1883, and then re-elected in 1888, 1893 and 1898. In 1900, during the South African War.
Kruger left for Europe as the war turned against the Boers and he spent the rest of his life in exile, refusing to return home following the British victory.
After he died in Switzerland his body was returned to South Africa for a state funeral, and he was buried in the Heroes Acre in Pretoria.
